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Course Outline

**Conceptual Framework**
  • Value of Improvement
  • Distinction Between Improvement and Management
  • Integration with Total Quality Control (TQC)
  • Improvement and Suggestion Systems
  • Competitive Advantage Through Improvement
  • Process-Oriented Versus Results-Oriented Management
**East-West Comparative Analysis**
  • Improvement Versus Innovation
  • Measurement of Improvement
**Evolution from Total Quality Control to Improvement**
  • Quality Control as Human Resource Management
  • Comparative Analysis of Quality Control Methods: Japan and the West
  • Adherence to the PDCA Cycle
  • Grassroots-Level Improvement Initiatives
**Practical Implementation**
  • Manager-Led Improvement
  • Infrastructure for Improvement Activities
  • Team-Based Improvement
  • Individual-Led Improvement
**Management Strategies**
  • Cross-Functional Management
  • Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment)
  • Quality Deployment
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
**Methodologies for Problem Solving**
  • Identification of Management Issues
  • Relationship Between Improvement Activities and Labor-Management Relations
  • Labor-Management Dynamics: Adversaries or Allies
  • Senior Executive Commitment
**Transformation of Corporate Culture**
  • Customers as the Ultimate Determinants of Quality
  • Evolving Supplier Relationships: Challenges Facing Western Organizations for government entities and private sector counterparts
**Case Studies**

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None. This service is provided for government use.
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